Garment-hanger.



B. KOLBER GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-I7, l9l8.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

BENJAMIN KOLBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-HANGER.

isomca Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 191%.

Application filed August 17, 1918. Serial No. 250,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN KoLBnR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for garments, such as trousers, skirts, cloaks, coats, hats, patterns and the like, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger which shall be extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, compact in form and efficient in operation, by means of which several garments or articles can be suspended by an individual hanger or if desired the hanger may be employed for the suspension of a single garment or article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of the above mentioned gen eral character, which, if desired, can be made of a single piece of material, and which shall be so made that parts thereof can be readily caused to clamp and hold the garment or a number of garments for suspension, and in such a manner that when the hanger is supported by a nail or other support, the garment or garments. will be located at a distance from the wall from which the nail projects, thus allowing the circulation of air around the garments and also preventing the same touching the wall to become soiled thereby. A further object is to provide a hanger provided with means for carrying or displaying identification means for the garment or garments or for displaying advertising matter. Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing which serves to illustrate an embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger showing one form thereof illustrating the clamping members in about the positions they will occupy when ready to receive a garment or garments therebetween, and

Flg. 2 is a fragmental perspective view of portions of the clamping members illustrating a modification 1n the construction of each.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The main portion of the hanger is made of a single piece of wire bent to form at its upper portion a hook to engage a nail or other suitable support, and at its lower port1on a clamp for the garment or garments and an arm or member to rest at its lower end against the wall when the hanger is supported on a nail or projection extended from the wall or other upright support.

The wire out of which the hanger is formed is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 5 and as shown has its upper portion formed into a hook 6 which can be readily passed over the nail, rod or other suitable support. From one end of the hook 6 the wire 5 is extended downwardly to form one member 7 of the middle or body portion of the hanger and a part of one of the clamping members of the device. From the lower portion of the member 7 the wire 5 is bent laterally and then upwardly thus fornr ing another member or strand 8 of one of the clamping members as well as of the middle or body portion of the hanger. The members 7 and 8 are disposed in substantial parallelism with one another and the wire 5 is extended upwardly from the upper portion of the strand or member 8 and formed into a coil 11 of one or more convolutions which lie in a plane substantially at a right angle to. the plane of the hook 6 and from said coil the wire 5 is extended downwardly and slightly rearwardly to form one of the arms or members 9 of the rear or wall contacting arm of the hanger. From the lower end of the member 9 the wire is extended upwardly along side said member and forms another member or arm 10 of the rearwardly projecting or wall contacting arm. The wire 5 is extended from the upper portion of the member 10 forwardly between the disk 12 than its upper portions of the members 7 and 8 and below the coil 11 and is then extended downwardly in front of the members 7 and 8 to a point a suitable distance above the juncture of the last named members.

Mounted on the front surface of the members 7 and 8 at a suitable distance above their juncture and secured thereto by means of solder or otherwise is a clamping disk 12 of metal or other suitable material which may be covered with cloth or other desired substance, which may, if desired, have displayed thereon advertising matter or matter conveying information of any suitable kind. Mounted on thelower or free portion of the member 10 is another disk 13 of metal or any other suitable material which can be soldered or otherwise secured on the member 10 so as to present its rear face toward the front face of the disk 12. The disk 13 may be covered with cloth or any other suitable substance upon which may be displayed matter for identifying the garment or garments, or advertising matter, if desired. The curve 14 at the upper portion of the arm or member 10 is made on an arc of such a degree that when the disks 12 and 13 are separated for the insertion of a garment or garments therebetween, said disks will lie in substantial parallelism but when the garments are clamped by said disks the disk 13 will occupy a position at an acute angle to the front face of the disk 12, that is, the upper portion of the disk 13 will be spaced at a greater distance from the ing space between the upper portions of the disk for the reception of thickened portions of the garments.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing a modification in the construction of the clamping parts of the hanger is shown which I may sometimes employ in lieu of that shown in Fig. 1 of the'drawing and above described. In this modification the construction of the parts are identical with that illustrated in Fig.1 except that the members 7 and 8 are more widely separated as shown and are equipped near their juncture with a rubber sleeve 15 which surrounds the members 7 and 8 and presents a fiat surface both at the front and rear of said members. In this modified construction the lower or free end of the arm or member 10 is bent laterally as at 16 then downwardly and laterally below the parts 16 thus forming a horizontal and transverse. arm 17 on which is mounted a sleeve or roller 18 of rubber or other suitable material. After the sleeve or roller 18 has been placed on the portion 17 of the clamping part of the arm "10 the wire 5 is bent upwardly and inwardly to form an arm 19 which may rest at its free end lower portion, thus providagainst the portion 10 at its juncture with the part 16 of said member. By this arrange ment it is evident that the parts 16, 17 and 19 of the arm 10 will form a loop or enlargement located in front of the sleeve 15 on the members 7 and 8 of the hanger. It is obvious that the disks 12 and 13 may be omitted from the clamping members composed of the strands or members 7 and 8 and the member or strand 10, and also that the sleeves 15 and 18 shown in the modified construction illustrated in Fig. 2 may be omitted, but it is evident that it is preferable to employ said enlargements or parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1 As an improved article of manufacture, a garment hanger consisting of a Wire having at one of its ends a hook and provided with a body portion consisting of two substantially parallel strands terminating at one of their ends in a longitudinally disposed looped clamping member, one of said strands havinga coil in its portion adjacent to said hook and provided rearwardly of said strands with an arm ext-ended longitudinally of said strands yet spaced therefrom, one of said strands of said arm being extended between and forwardly of the upper portion of the strands of the body part and then downwardly and having on its lower portion clamping means.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a garment hanger consisting of a wire having at one of its ends a hook and provided with a body portion consisting of two substantially parallel strands terminating at one of their ends in a longitudinally disposed looped clamping member, a gripping member mounted on the said clamping memher and extended from each side thereof, one of said strands having a coil. in its portion adjacent to said hook and provided rearwardly of said strands with an arm ex tended longitudinally of said strands yet spaced therefrom, one of the strands of said arm being extended between and forwardly of the upper portion of the strands of the body part and then downwardly and having atits lower free portion an enlarged gripping part. I

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a garment hanger consisting of a wire having at one of its ends a hook and provided with a body portion consisting of two sub,- stantially parallel strands terminating at one of their ends in a longitudinally disposed clamping member, a disk mounted; on the front of said clamping member, one of said strands having a coil in its portion adjacent to said hook and provided rearwardly of said strands with an armiextended longitudinally of said strands yet spaced its rear face presented to the front face therefrom, one of the strands of said arm of the first named disk. being extended between and forwardly of the upper portion of the strands of the body BENJAMIN KOLBER' 5 part and then downwardly in front of and Witnesses:

near said disk, and a disk mounted on the CHAS. C. TILLMAN,

lower portion of the last named strand with C. CASEY.

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